Please show this number in scientific notation.
.00000698
Thank you.
moving the decimal point 6 places to the right, we get
6.98 * 10^-6
To show the number .00000698 in scientific notation, follow these steps:
1. Count the number of decimal places to determine the power of 10.
- In this case, there are 5 zeros after the decimal point, so the power of 10 is -5.
2. Rewrite the number by moving the decimal point to the right, just after the first non-zero digit.
- In this case, the first non-zero digit is 6, so the rewritten number is 6.98.
3. Express the rewritten number as a decimal multiplied by a power of 10.
- In this case, the rewritten number is 6.98, and the power of 10 is -5.
Putting it all together, the number .00000698 in scientific notation is written as 6.98 × 10^-5.